BS: I have a dream

Subject: BS: I have a dream
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 01:52 AM

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

Hallelujah!

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: Ebbie
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 02:53 AM

That's part of the joy I feel- the recognition that the United States of America is growing up.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: GUEST,Pauline L
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 04:18 AM

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: Folkiedave
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 04:22 AM

I have always subscribed to George III's maxim - "The Americans are not fit to govern themselves". :-)

But it looks like it's changing after all these years.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: Pauline L
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 04:29 AM

Sorry about the previous nonmessage. My computer did something strange.

I feel the same way as Ebbie and Guest,Ed. Having lived through the crest of the wave of the Civil Rights movement, I feel personally involved. I cried with joy and my chest swelled with pride when Obama won.

Now comes another hard thing to do: give us some relief from our numerous ongoing crises.

Yay! Obama won!

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: ard mhacha
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 04:32 AM

I never thought it would happen delighted to be wrong, the Republicans torpedoed by Bush and his henchemen, great news.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 04:34 AM

The good Doctor would be truly amazed.... and the proudest man in heaven right now.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 04:38 AM

It is moving to know that we, who heard the dream articulated, also witnessed its fulfillment.

The tearful face of Rev J Jackson was a joy to behold. I found him overbearing and sometimes downright objectionable, but he was from a different generation of rights activists, and carries different baggage. Still, he was next to MLK when he was shot, so I can only imagine what must have gone through his mind last night...

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 04:41 AM

I shared Jesse Jackson's emotions when I heard that wonderful speech in Chicago.
Credit too to John McCain who made a very dignified speech as well.
Discredit to those in his audience who booed Obama's selection.
There is the added benefit of the voting system apparently working well this tine around. No need for politically appointed judges to pronounce on the will of the people.
Congratulations to the USA.

John.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: ranger1
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 09:14 AM

Normally I go to bed early on Election Day and wait to find out the next morning who won. I'm glad I didn't do that last night. Jason and I looked at each other after Obama's speech and I whispered to him: "We were part of this!"

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: Little Hawk
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 04:07 PM

Joan Baez and Bob Dylan sang at the podium in Washington on that same day in '63 when Martin Luther King gave that historic speech, and Joan marched with King on a number of other occasions. They must both feel wonderful today.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: skarpi
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 04:24 PM

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."


no one should suffer for how or what they are , we are all
people either colored or not , we are all on the same boat .



I hope you all have a new beginning down there in the big USA



All the best Skarpi Iceland , witch now has gone 25 years back in time .

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 03:58 PM

To me, the most impressive thing about the whe business is that Obama campaigned, not as a black candidate, but as a statesman.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: gnu
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 04:06 PM

dick... yes, indeed. I said to a buddy yesterday, "Ya know, that there lad woulda won no matter colour... on accounta he is just plain THE choice. He's the total package."

But, him being part black makes it even better.

Subject: RE: BS: I have a dream
From: Bobert
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 06:16 PM

Not too sure about Dylan, LH, but I heard Joan on NPR today and she said that Obama was the first candidate she had ever endorsed...

I'm not sure that Dylan actually knows that an elction just took place...lol...

B;~)